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30Jan

Suspect in Thisday office bombing requests for lawyer – P.M. News

P.M. NewsSuspect in Thisday office bombing requests for lawyerP.M. NewsThe scheduled arraignment of a suspect alleged to have masterminded the bombing of SOJ Plaza in Nigeria's Kaduna state occupied by ThisDay, The Moment and The Sun newspapers, wa...

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29Jan

Ubah: Court fixes date for hearing – News24

Leadership NewspapersUbah: Court fixes date for hearingNews24Lagos - A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday fixed Feb. 7 for hearing of an application by the Chairman, Capital Oil and Gas, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah, alleging infringement on his fundamental righ...

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29Jan

UNILAG to introduce postgraduate course on Security, Terrorism – BusinessDay

Nigerian TribuneUNILAG to introduce postgraduate course on Security, TerrorismBusinessDayThe University of Lagos would commence a Postgraduate course on Security and Terrorism in its 2013/2014 academic session, UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon Bel...

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29Jan

Long absence of Chime, Suntai, saddens PDP – News24

Leadership NewspapersLong absence of Chime, Suntai, saddens PDPNews24Abuja - PDP says it is saddened by the long absence of the Governors of Enugu, Mr. Sullivan Chime, and Taraba States, Danbaba Suntai, from their duty posts, Punch reports. The party s...

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29Jan

Attitudinal Change Key to Better Education – Maku – AllAfrica.com

Attitudinal Change Key to Better Education - MakuAllAfrica.comEnugu — Nigerians must change their attitudes if the country's education sector is to work, Information Minister Labaran Maku has said. He spoke yesterday when the National Good Govern...

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29Jan

Osun acquires cutting-edge local content modelling software for budget,projects – BusinessDay

Leadership NewspapersOsun acquires cutting-edge local content modelling software for budget,projectsBusinessDayA modelling software called ECOMATRIX designed for predicting the local content capabilities of its budget and projects has been acquired by ...

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29Jan

Suspected assassins kill 60-year-old woman, grandson in Abeokuta – The Guardian Nigeria

Suspected assassins kill 60-year-old woman, grandson in AbeokutaThe Guardian NigeriaSUSPECTED assassins on Sunday murdered a 60 –year- old woman, Madam Amoke Musuru, and her two-year-old grandson, simply identified as Baliqs in Ago-Oba area of Abeoku...

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29Jan

Police pension: Accountant fined N750,000 over N20bn fraud – BusinessDay

BusinessDayPolice pension: Accountant fined N750,000 over N20bn fraudBusinessDayAn Abuja High Court has sentenced an Assistant Director, Police Pension Office, John Yusuf, to two years' imprisonment for his role in the theft of N20 billion of pensi...

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29Jan

What will Nigeria celebrate at 100? – The Nation

The NationWhat will Nigeria celebrate at 100?The NationNigeria will be 100 years on January 1, 2014. The Federal Government is proposing a centenary celebration. However, opinion is divided on the relevance of the celebration in a country that has fail...

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29Jan

N27.5bn scam: Court grants Atuche, others leave to recall witnesses – National Mirror

Leadership NewspapersN27.5bn scam: Court grants Atuche, others leave to recall witnessesNational MirrorAn Ikeja High Court yesterday granted the former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche, leave to apply for the recall of ...

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29Jan

PDP alleges inflation of Mokola overhead bridge •Illiteracy is disturbing PDP – Govt – Nigerian Tribune

PDP alleges inflation of Mokola overhead bridge •Illiteracy is disturbing PDP - GovtNigerian TribuneThe Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has accused the state government of contract inflation in the award of the ongoing less-than a kilometre Mok...

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29Jan

Mimiko, God’s choice for Ondo – Wale-Oke – Nigerian Tribune

P.M. NewsMimiko, God's choice for Ondo - Wale-OkeNigerian TribuneTHE Presiding Bishop of the Sword of the Spirits Ministries, Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, has said the victory of the Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, in the last gubernatorial el...

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29Jan

Kidnappers strike in President Jonathan’s council – P.M. News

Kidnappers strike in President Jonathan's councilP.M. NewsUnidentified gunmen have kidnapped Mr Festus Ibegu, and Mrs. Abiye Ibegu, the parents of Mr Richard Ibegu,Chairman of Ogbia Local Government of Nigeria's Bayelsa state. The abduction was...

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29Jan

MEND Threat: JTF On Alert In – Leadership Newspapers

Times of IndiaMEND Threat: JTF On Alert InLeadership NewspapersThe Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta on Monday said its personnel were on alert to check any threat to lives and property in the region. Lt. Col. Nwachukwu Onyema, its Spokesman...

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29Jan

Army Headquarters Redeploys Senior Officers – CHANNELS

CHANNELSArmy Headquarters Redeploys Senior OfficersCHANNELSThe army has redeployed 317 officers to maintain effective command structure in its units, formations and the Defence Headquarters. The officers redeployed include the General Officers Commandi...

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28Jan

Obasanjo launders Image – P.M. News

P.M. NewsObasanjo launders ImageP.M. NewsFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has lately been keeping himself in the limelight through public functions and critical reactions to goings-on in the polity. What exactly does he want? Obasanjo. For two days, ...

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28Jan

No one can deprive us of presidency in 2015 – Ndigbo – Osun Defender

BusinessDayNo one can deprive us of presidency in 2015 – NdigboOsun DefenderIgbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo weekend warned that any attempt to deprive South East geopolitical zone of its only opportunity to rule after Jonathan's...

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28Jan

Oni Asks Court To Revoke MTN Licence – Osun Defender

Oni Asks Court To Revoke MTN LicenceOsun Defenderoni National Vice-Chairman, South West, of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Segun Oni, has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order the Nigerian Communications Commission to revoke the licence of MT...

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28Jan

EFCC quizzes former presidential aspirant – News24

Leadership NewspapersEFCC quizzes former presidential aspirantNews24Lagos - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed a former presidential aspirant of the Nigeria Liberation Party over alleged extortion. A statement signed by the...

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28Jan

NPAN Appeals Ruling in Suit Against APCON Regulations – AllAfrica.com

NPAN Appeals Ruling in Suit Against APCON RegulationsAllAfrica.comLagos — The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has filed an appeal against the ruling of a Federal High Court in Lagos, declining jurisdiction over a suit it filed aga...

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28Jan

Third Mainland crash: ‘I was not speeding’ – Osun Defender

Bella NaijaThird Mainland crash: 'I was not speeding'Osun Defenderdriver Olusola Oladimeji, the driver of the Toyota Sienna that fell off the Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon on Saturday, has described his escape as a miracle. The father o...

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28Jan

Featured, Memoirs

Each day, a gift to be grateful for

The Bible encourages that we should give thanks, in all things. I have been younger and been through circumstances and situations that I thought was the worst thing to befall a man. Looking back at those situations now, my mouth is filled with laughter knowing that “it always could have been worse”. Great is thy

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28Jan

I Built My Lekki House In – Leadership Newspapers

I Built My Lekki House InLeadership NewspapersConvicted former Governor of Delta State Chief James Ibori has said that the property located at No. 5 Alpha Beach Road, Lekki, Lagos which he built in 1994 was declared in the asset declaration form he fil...

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28Jan

Police Recover 3 Corpses Of Fulani Herdsmen In Benue – Leadership Newspapers

Police Recover 3 Corpses Of Fulani Herdsmen In BenueLeadership NewspapersNo fewer than three corpses of Fulani herdsmen were yesterday recovered by the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Benue State police command. The corpses were rec...

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28Jan

Fayemi Denies Alleged Retrenchment Of LG Workers – Leadership Newspapers

spyghana.comFayemi Denies Alleged Retrenchment Of LG WorkersLeadership NewspapersEkiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has described as untrue the rumours making the rounds on the alleged plan by the government to sack some local government workers i...

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28Jan

$620000 Bribery Scam: AGF Bows To Keyamo, Begins Trial Of Farouk Lawan – Leadership Newspapers

The Nation$620000 Bribery Scam: AGF Bows To Keyamo, Begins Trial Of Farouk LawanLeadership NewspapersBarring any unforeseen circumstances, the federal government will this week commence the trial of former chairman of the House of Representatives Commi...

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28Jan

Ohaneze crisis: South East govs call for peace – BusinessDay

BusinessDayOhaneze crisis: South East govs call for peaceBusinessDayFollowing the crisis in the Ohaneze Ndigbo, governors and political leaders in the South East have called for the withdrawal of all related cases from the courts. Addressing journalist...

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28Jan

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Federal Character in Nigeria….Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Meritocracy was further undermined in 1979 by the introduction of the Federal Character Principle, which sets a quota for the number of public servants to be appointed from each state. It applies both to recruitment into the public service and to appointments to the top echelons of the service, such as permanent secretaries, directors generals,

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28Jan

and what is FAITH? Ben Johnston

My Pastor, Ben Johnston of the Subiaco Church, in continuation of his teaching “At the feet of Jesus” gave a wonderful illustration of what faith is and why God wants us to have faith in him. The story is about a traveler who has hiked for many miles across the Desert Mountains and in doing

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28Jan

PDP crisis: Govs meet to checkmate Tukur – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribunePDP crisis: Govs meet to checkmate TukurNigerian TribuneGOVERNORS elected on the tickets of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are set for a crucial meeting in Abuja, today, where isues relating to their tango with the national chairman...

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28Jan

CAN: Politics, religion and 2015 – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneCAN: Politics, religion and 2015Nigerian TribuneTHE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is currently embroiled in accusations and counter accusations over the leadership style of its president, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. Oritsejafor hol...

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28Jan

Undergraduate, 4 others arrested for kidnapping in Ogun – Nigerian Tribune

Undergraduate, 4 others arrested for kidnapping in OgunNigerian TribuneAN undergraduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Adesina Adeyinka (25) and four others have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Vigilance Service in connecti...

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28Jan

Kogi: Police arrest council boss, commissioner over riot – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersKogi: Police arrest council boss, commissioner over riotNigerian TribuneTHE Kogi State police command, on Saturday, arrested the chairman of Omala Local Government Area of the state, Mallam Aminu Atabor and the state Commissioner f...

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28Jan

NPAN vs APCON: NPAN files appeal – Nigerian Tribune

NPAN vs APCON: NPAN files appealNigerian TribuneTHE Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal on the ruling of Justice H.Musa Kurya of the Federal High Court, in respect of the suit instituted agains...

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28Jan

Man beheads cousin in Nasarawa – Nigerian Tribune

Man beheads cousin in NasarawaNigerian TribuneA 26-year-old man, Averson Ambi, on Saturday night, beheaded his cousin, Mrs Naira Yohanna, at Shinge, in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, over a misunderstanding. Nigerian Tribune gathered th...

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27Jan

Anambra River Horror: Buried Corpses To Be Exhumed Tomorrow – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersAnambra River Horror: Buried Corpses To Be Exhumed TomorrowLeadership NewspapersAbout three more corpses were still afloat at the Ezu River even as the Anambra State government yesterday announced plans to exhume tomorrow all the b...

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27Jan

Obama Backs Nigeria’s Intervention In Mali – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersObama Backs Nigeria's Intervention In MaliThe Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Barack Obama has thrown his full weight behind the Nigeria-led African International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). The US President, who resumed his se...

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27Jan

ACN/CPC merger: No plan to drop Buhari in 2015 –CPC – National Mirror

National MirrorACN/CPC merger: No plan to drop Buhari in 2015 –CPCNational MirrorA major political party in the ongoing merger plan of opposition parties, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has said that it had no plan to drop Buhari as its presi...

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27Jan

Govs and the politics of sickness – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneGovs and the politics of sicknessNigerian TribuneGov. Suntai of Taraba State In this report, Group Politics Editor, TAIWO ADISA, examines the political dimension being introduced by members of the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) to ...

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27Jan

Amosun reads riot act to contractors – Nigerian Tribune

Amosun reads riot act to contractorsNigerian TribuneOGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has warned contractors handling government road projects to stick to schedule for their delivery or risk termination of such contracts. The governor gave ...

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26Jan

Nigerian company shut after explosion kills 6 – P.M. News

Daily SunNigerian company shut after explosion kills 6P.M. NewsThe management of the Nigeria Distilleries Ltd (NDL) located at the Ijako area of Sango-Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria has shot down the company after an explosion on Friday resulted in the death...

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26Jan

Ignorance, bane of Nigeria’s development – Aregbesola – Osun Defender

National MirrorIgnorance, bane of Nigeria's development – AregbesolaOsun Defenderaregbesola Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has identified ignorance as the bane of the country's development. He said this while receiving the Chairman...

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26Jan

Intervening in Mali – Securing the Sahel? – The North Africa Post

CHANNELSIntervening in Mali – Securing the Sahel?The North Africa PostLast December, the U.N. Security Council passed a cautious resolution that outlined steps to be taken before an international military intervention into Mali to deal with the deter...

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26Jan

Poverty, Misrule, Not Responsible for Boko Haram – AllAfrica.com

CHANNELSPoverty, Misrule, Not Responsible for Boko HaramAllAfrica.comAbuja — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday described the Boko Haram sect as a local terror group, just as it said that poverty and misrule were not responsible for the insu...

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26Jan

Man arrested with 5 human heads – Osun Defender

CHANNELSMan arrested with 5 human headsOsun Defenderhuman dead A community leader, in Mangu Local Government Council of Plateau state was alleged have been arrested for being in possession of five human heads. According to a source, soldiers arrived th...

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26Jan

EFCC Arrests Two Over $240000 Illegal Cash – SaharaReporters.com

SaharaReporters.comEFCC Arrests Two Over $240000 Illegal CashSaharaReporters.comThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ), has separately arrested two men, Moghalu Maduakonam and Esho Femi David, for attempting to smuggle $240,000 out of the...

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26Jan

Yero Lauds Air Force On Fight – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersYero Lauds Air Force On FightLeadership NewspapersKaduna State governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, yesterday lauded the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) over its fight against insecurity in the state and urged it to sustain the tempo. He said ...

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26Jan

65 Nigerians deported from Europe – The Nation

The Nation65 Nigerians deported from EuropeThe NationAbout 65 Nigerians were yesterday deported from Europe, an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has disclosed. The FAAN official, who declined to be named in print, disclosed t...

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26Jan

Oct 1 bomber sentenced to life imprisonment – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneOct 1 bomber sentenced to life imprisonmentNigerian TribuneA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday sentenced one of the four suspects standing trial for their involvement in the October 1, 2010 twin bomb blasts that rocked the E...

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26Jan

Nigeria on the brink, unless… – Anglican Primate, Okoh – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneNigeria on the brink, unless... - Anglican Primate, OkohNigerian TribunePrimate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, has warned that Nigeria must fashion a way to rekindle the selfless nature of it...

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26Jan

NAMA, NIMET Partner To Ensure Air Safety In Nigeria – CHANNELS

CHANNELSNAMA, NIMET Partner To Ensure Air Safety In NigeriaCHANNELSThe Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have reached an agreement on how to ensure absolute safety in the Nigerian airspace and pre...

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26Jan

Kwankwaso donates N3 million, 3 houses to families of slain palace guards of … – National Daily

National DailyKwankwaso donates N3 million, 3 houses to families of slain palace guards of ...National DailyThe Kano State Government has announced that the families of guards and driver to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero who were killed during an ...

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25Jan

Governors Forum, Threat To Democracy – Clark – Osun Defender

Leadership NewspapersGovernors Forum, Threat To Democracy – ClarkOsun Defenderformer-president-Olusegun-Obasanjo-and-President-Goodluck-Jonathan1- A former Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clerk, on Thursday, said the existence of Nigeria Governors ...

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25Jan

CPC Blasts Okupe For Attacking Buhari – Osun Defender

CPC Blasts Okupe For Attacking BuhariOsun DefenderCongress for Progressive Change has lampooned the Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, for criticising Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari over his comments on the attack on the ...

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25Jan

Yuguda Urges Muslims to Tolerate Each Other – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersYuguda Urges Muslims to Tolerate Each OtherAllAfrica.comBauchi — Bauchi State governor Isa Yuguda has urged Muslims to always reflect on the birth of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in order to be good religious people who tolerate all ir...

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25Jan

Amosun inauguraes first overhead bridge in Ogun – News24

CHANNELSAmosun inauguraes first overhead bridge in OgunNews24Ogun - Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Thursday inaugurated the first overhead bridge (flyover) constructed by the state since its creation in 1976. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports t...

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25Jan

Alaafin Flays Attack on Bayero – THISDAY Live

WorldStageAlaafin Flays Attack on BayeroTHISDAY LiveThe Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has flayed the recent attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, by suspected Islamic fundamentalists group, popularly called Boko Haram. Adeyemi, who spoke...

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25Jan

NDLEA Arrests Clearing Agents with Drugs – THISDAY Live

Leadership NewspapersNDLEA Arrests Clearing Agents with DrugsTHISDAY LiveThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended three clearing agents at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) export area of the Murtala Muhammed Intern...

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25Jan

Gowon, Babangida, Abdusalam, others boycott Northern summit in Kano – Nigerian Tribune

WorldStageGowon, Babangida, Abdusalam, others boycott Northern summit in KanoNigerian TribuneThis is just as the gathering called on the Federal Government to institute a judicial commission of enquiry to find out the remote and immediate causes of the...

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25Jan

Jahman Anikulapo – BusinessDay

Jahman AnikulapoBusinessDayOur meeting this Thursday afternoon is scheduled for Goethe Institut on Catholic Mission Street, Lagos Island. That will be a perfect place to meet a cultural enthusiast like Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo. But he has to attend an ...

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25Jan

GOVS ARE OBJ’S STOOGES – CLARK •Says they are lawless, more dictatorial … – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneGOVS ARE OBJ'S STOOGES - CLARK •Says they are lawless, more dictatorial ...Nigerian TribuneTHE Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday, chided the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), saying that it has become a stooge to the forme...

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25Jan

Nigeria is prime target for Malian terrorists – FG – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneNigeria is prime target for Malian terrorists - FGNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government on Thursday declared that the ultimate target of terrorists currently operating in northern Mali is Nigeria and therefore government is prepared to...

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25Jan

Nigeria is prime target for Malian terrorists – FG – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneNigeria is prime target for Malian terrorists - FGNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government on Thursday declared that the ultimate target of terrorists currently operating in northern Mali is Nigeria and therefore government is prepared to...

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25Jan

Shagari, Gowon, Babangida, Sambo boycott Northern Peace forum – WorldStage

WorldStageShagari, Gowon, Babangida, Sambo boycott Northern Peace forumWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Some prominent Northern leaders were missing were missing at the Northern peace forum in Kano on Thursday while Former heads of state, General Yaku...

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25Jan

Deplorable state of Nigeria Police College – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneDeplorable state of Nigeria Police CollegeNigerian TribuneThe recent unscheduled visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State, might have revealed the state of facilities at the institution but the expe...

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25Jan

Ozobu dissociates self from Ohanaeze peace talk – The Guardian Nigeria

Ozobu dissociates self from Ohanaeze peace talkThe Guardian NigeriaANOTHER twist was added in the festering crisis in the Ohanaeze Ndigbo over the recently held national election as immediate past president of the organisation, Justice Eze Ozobu (rtd),...

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25Jan

Posers over Chime’s picture with governors in London – The Guardian Nigeria

Osun DefenderPosers over Chime's picture with governors in LondonThe Guardian NigeriaNATIONAL Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, and the Save Enugu Group (SEG) have dismissed as fake the...

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25Jan

At Eid-el-Maulud, leaders seek support for nation – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersAt Eid-el-Maulud, leaders seek support for nationThe Guardian NigeriaNIGERIANS were urged on Wednesday to support the efforts of government at all levels to develop the country. The appeal came from leaders in their messages commem...

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25Jan

Nigeria’s President wants Mali rebels crushed – Aljazeera.com

Sky News AustraliaNigeria's President wants Mali rebels crushedAljazeera.comNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says rebels in Mali must be contained, or it could threaten the security of Africa. Speaking to Al Jazeera's Stephen Cole, during t...

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25Jan

Mysterious fire kills mother, seven-year-old daughter in Bayelsa – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersMysterious fire kills mother, seven-year-old daughter in BayelsaThe Guardian NigeriaA THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD woman's and her seven-year- old daughter were Thursday burnt to death in an early morning mysterious fire at Akenfa 1 a...

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25Jan

Mysterious fire kills mother, seven-year-old daughter in Bayelsa – The Guardian Nigeria

Mysterious fire kills mother, seven-year-old daughter in BayelsaThe Guardian NigeriaA THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD woman's and her seven-year- old daughter were Thursday burnt to death in an early morning mysterious fire at Akenfa 1 area of Yenagoa Local ...

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24Jan

Nigeria’s Centenary: To celebrate or not to celebrate – The Africa Report

Leadership NewspapersNigeria's Centenary: To celebrate or not to celebrateThe Africa ReportA disagreement over celebrating Nigeria's centenary started after a letter from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was As Nigeria approaches its 100-ye...

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24Jan

EFCC Charges 88 Years Old Former Legislator to Court for N1.4M Scam – Nigerian Bulletin

The PunchEFCC Charges 88 Years Old Former Legislator to Court for N1.4M ScamNigerian BulletinOn Wednesday, the EFCC arraigned a former legislator of the Western House of Assembly, Olusola Alaba, who is now 88 years old in a Lagos high court before Just...

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24Jan

Jonathan denies allegation of extrajudicial killing – News24

CHANNELSJonathan denies allegation of extrajudicial killingNews24Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan has denied allegation of extrajudicial killing of innocent citizens by security operatives in the process of hunting down terrorists in the country. Th...

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24Jan

Rape – Rights Commission Commends Army for Dismissing Soldiers – AllAfrica.com

Rape - Rights Commission Commends Army for Dismissing SoldiersAllAfrica.comThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the Nigerian Army for its quick response on the call to investigate allegations of abduction and rape by soldiers attac...

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24Jan

Families of DANA Air Crash Victims Protest Over Non-Payment of Claims – Bella Naija

Bella NaijaFamilies of DANA Air Crash Victims Protest Over Non-Payment of ClaimsBella NaijaFew weeks after DANA Airline resumed flight operations after the June 3rd 2012 crash that claimed the lives of over 150 people, aggrieved families affected by th...

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24Jan

5 People Beheaded In Maiduguri – CHANNELS

CHANNELS5 People Beheaded In MaiduguriCHANNELSThe Nigeria Police has come out to announce the death of five people in an attack by Islamists in Maiduguri, yesterday. Two witnesses, who asked not to be named, said they heard cries for help at around 2:3...

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24Jan

CAN crisis deepens as CAN dares Catholic to pull out – Osun Defender

AllAfrica.comCAN crisis deepens as CAN dares Catholic to pull outOsun DefenderThe crisis rocking the Christian Association of Nigeria worsened on Wednesday as the association told the Catholic Church to go ahead with its decision to pull out of the ass...

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24Jan

PDP: We’ve Right to Sponsor Jonathan in 2015 – THISDAY Live

Leadership NewspapersPDP: We've Right to Sponsor Jonathan in 2015THISDAY LiveThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday defended its right to field President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate in 2015, if it so chooses. The party, in...

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24Jan

Attack On Bayero: Daura Emirate Cancels Festival – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersAttack On Bayero: Daura Emirate Cancels FestivalLeadership NewspapersThe Daura Emirate Council in Katsina State has announced the cancellation of the annual Maulud festival as a mark of sympathy with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Ba...

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24Jan

Rep Azubuogu Absolved By EFCC Witness – P.M. News

Rep Azubuogu Absolved By EFCC WitnessP.M. NewsA witness called by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the resumed trial of suspended Chairman of the House Committee on Capital Market, Herman Hembe and His Deputy Azubuogu, o...

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24Jan

How safe are Nigerian campuses? – The Guardian Nigeria

How safe are Nigerian campuses?The Guardian NigeriaHIGHER Education in Nigeria is often synonymous with the provision of residential abodes for students and sometimes members of staff, hence a typical Nigerian university campus is likely to have studen...

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24Jan

Gunmen kill 10 in northeastern Nigerian city – Nzweek

Daily SunGunmen kill 10 in northeastern Nigerian cityNzweekMAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan. 23 — Ten people have been killed in Nigeria's northeast city of Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram militant group, a military source told Xinhua on Wednesday. Five...

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24Jan

Delta partners Bank of Agric to boost revenue, employment – The Guardian Nigeria

WorldStageDelta partners Bank of Agric to boost revenue, employmentThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the Delta State Government are to partner to boost agricultural produce, enhance the state economy and create employment opportunit...

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24Jan

Senate confirms ex-UNN VC Nebo, Turaki as ministers – The Guardian Nigeria

CHANNELSSenate confirms ex-UNN VC Nebo, Turaki as ministersThe Guardian NigeriaAFTER a rigorous mental drill, the Senate Wednesday confirmed the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Prof. Chinebu Nebo and a lawyer, Mr. Kabi...

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24Jan

Upsurge in Violence in Northern Nigeria Connected to Mali? – Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

AFPUpsurge in Violence in Northern Nigeria Connected to Mali?Council on Foreign Relations (blog)Save this citation. Upsurge in Violence in Northern Nigeria Connected to Mali? by John Campbell January 23, 2013. Nigerian soldiers sit in military trucks b...

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24Jan

Arepo Vandalism: NNPC Shuts – Leadership Newspapers

CHANNELSArepo Vandalism: NNPC ShutsLeadership NewspapersThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has shut down the System 2B pipeline at Arepo village in Ogun for repairs, an official of the corporation said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

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24Jan

Ngige wants health bill passed into law – Daily Times Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersNgige wants health bill passed into lawDaily Times NigeriaSenator Chris Ngige, representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, has pledged to do anything within his reach to ensure that the health bill is passed into law. He spoke at...

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24Jan

$3 Million Bribe: Keyamo Files Charges Against Fa… – CHANNELS

$3 Million Bribe: Keyamo Files Charges Against Fa...CHANNELSA Lagos based lawyer, Festus Keyamo on Wednesday entered a 4-count criminal charge against the erstwhile Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk...

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23Jan

2015: When ambition becomes a crime – Daily Sun

2015: When ambition becomes a crimeDaily SunBut for the seeming altercation going on between Elder Godspower Orubebe and Governor Rotimi Amaechi, I had hoped to devote time today to those “wrong questions” that President Goodluck Jonathan asked on ...

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23Jan

Nigerians Will Hold You To Your Promise To Refurbish Police Colleges, ACN … – CHANNELS

CHANNELSNigerians Will Hold You To Your Promise To Refurbish Police Colleges, ACN ...CHANNELSThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has expressed the hope that the promise by Police Affairs Minister, Caleb Olubolade, that the government will restructure ...

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23Jan

Lagos gives junk vehicle owners final warning – P.M. News

Lagos gives junk vehicle owners final warningP.M. NewsThe Lagos State Government has issued a three day ultimatum to owners of abandoned vehicles in every part of Lagos State in Southwest Nigeria, to evacuate them from the roads and streets or have the...

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23Jan

FG Should Seek Redress For 14 Deported Nigerians – Osun Defender

AllAfrica.comFG Should Seek Redress For 14 Deported NigeriansOsun DefenderThe Senate has called on the Federal Government to seek redress on behalf of 14 Nigerians deported from Spain recently. SENATE It also urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and N...

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23Jan

PDP: Why the House Must Not Fall – THISDAY Live

Leadership NewspapersPDP: Why the House Must Not FallTHISDAY LiveSpare a thought and ponder this assertion: That seven out of every ten Nigerians are members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)? Though, it has not been statistically proven, th...

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23Jan

FG Probes Decay In Police Colleges, Others – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderFG Probes Decay In Police Colleges, OthersOsun DefenderThe Federal Government yesterday set up a fact-finding committee to probe the income and expenditure pattern of the Nigeria Police College, Lagos and other training institutions of the...

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23Jan

Government Bars Officials From Speaking With Press in Nigeria – AllAfrica.com

National MirrorGovernment Bars Officials From Speaking With Press in NigeriaAllAfrica.comOn 21 January 2013, the Lagos state government issued a notice barring its political office holders and civil servants, including the heads of the state ministries...

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23Jan

Titi Arowolo Murder Trial: “My Son did not Murder his Wife… He (was) a Pastor at … – Bella Naija

Bella NaijaTiti Arowolo Murder Trial: “My Son did not Murder his Wife… He (was) a Pastor at ...Bella NaijaTiti Arowolo Investigations into the cold blooded murder of Titilayo Arowolo, who was allegedly killed by her husband, Akolade Arowolo in 2011...

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23Jan

Okonjo-Iweala, Diezani, Sanusi Shun N273 Billion Sure-P Probe – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersOkonjo-Iweala, Diezani, Sanusi Shun N273 Billion Sure-P ProbeAllAfrica.comAbsence of ministers and heads of government agencies yesterday stalled the House of Representatives public hearing on the implementation of Subsidy Reinvest...

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23Jan

Army dismisses 4 soldiers for rape, extortion – News24

Leadership NewspapersArmy dismisses 4 soldiers for rape, extortionNews24Abuja - The Nigerian Army on Tuesday in Abuja dismissed four soldiers accused of rape, extortion and assault. The soldiers included one corporal and three privates, who were attach...

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23Jan

Neighbour Strangles Seven-Year-Old Boy to Death, Demands N5m Ransom – THISDAY Live

Neighbour Strangles Seven-Year-Old Boy to Death, Demands N5m RansomTHISDAY LiveIt was a typical case of man's inhumanity to man when one Onyeka Patrick strangled Ayuba, the seven-year-old son of his neighbour to death in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos c...

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